Cambodia is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Extreme weather events will occur more frequently; this includes floods, which already affect 90,000 residents annually, and heatwaves, with Cambodia already having one of the highest temperatures of the world. The temperature has increased since the 1960s by 0.18 °C per decade.^[1] It had the 7th lowest CO₂ emissions in Asia in 2019.^[2]

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Climate change is leading to increased drought in Cambodia, which is having major impacts on the Tonlé Sap and Mekong deltas. These water systems are highly important for water, agriculture and fishing in the country. Cambodia's population is impacted by increasing floods, tropical cyclones and waterborne diseases, and is highly vulnerable due to its high rate of poverty.

In 2020 Cambodia reported 15.33 mt in CO₂ emissions and is responsible for 0.04% in 2019 and cumulatively 0.01% of worldwide CO₂ emissions. The per capita CO₂ emissions in 2019 were 0.97t since 2013 a big increase in CO₂ emissions was observed with an increase of 192.69% between 2013 and 2019.^[3][4] 143.84 mt of CO₂ emissions have been emitted between 1751 and 2019.^[5]

Impacts on the Tonlé Sap lake and Mekong will have considerable implications for agriculture and fishing in the country.^[7][11] The Cambodian population, which has a high rate of poverty, is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on tropical cyclones, floods and waterborne diseases.^[12]

UNICEF ranked Cambodia 46th out of 163 that they assessed on the impact of climate change on the youth. Cambodia was ranked as a high risk country in the report. The youth in Cambodia is already highly exposed to scarcity of water, riverine flooding and vector-borne disease which could worsen with the effects of climate change.^[13]

The Cambodian government pledges to reduce emissions by 41.7% in 2030.^[14]

• Tonlé Sap
• Climate change in Vietnam
• Climate change in Thailand
• Deforestation in Cambodia